Raytheon upgrading missile defense radar

Raytheon has been awarded a $10 million Missile Defense Agency contract modification to continue development of gallium nitride, or GaN, technology for missile defense radars.

Under the contract, Raytheon will continue work on hardware and software that will enable GaN technology to be added to the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar, according to a Raytheon news release.

The company says this upgrade would make the AN/TPY-2 the world's first transportable, land-based ballistic missile defense radar to use GaN technology.


"GaN increases the radar's range, search capabilities and enables the system to better discriminate between threats and non-threats," Raytheon said. "Gallium nitride technology also increases the system's overall reliability while maintaining production and operational costs."

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